Kvashilava, Gia, 2010. On Reading Pictorial Signs of the Phaistos Disk and Related Scripts (2). Rosette (in Georgian and English)

3.2. In various regions of Georgia – such as Abkhazia, Mingrelia,
Ajara, Lazistan, Guria, Imereti, Racha, Lechkhumi, Svaneti,
Kartli, Samtskhe-Javakheti and Khevsureti – archaeological
material – disks, jewellery, seals, ceramics, Colchian
axes, daggers, rapiers, spears, belts, rings, fibulae (brooches),
pins, etc is found with astral signs of sun and star on them: an
eight-petalled rosette ; a disk with eight sharp-pointed rays
; a circle with eight sharp-pointed rays ; circles , ,
; a circle with eight revolving rays ; a circle with eight
rays ; swastika ; double spirals , and other geometric
and floral ornaments. Also, the images of a horse , a bull
, a bird and other creatures are portrayed on them (see:
Lordkipanidze 1986, 88 ff.; 1972, 19-22; 16 ff., Fig. 3-6, 8, 12,
13; Lordkipanidze 1989, 108, Fig. 45; 112, Fig. 48; 130-132,
Fig. 56-58; 156, Fig. 72; 128 ff., Fig. IV; 158, Fig. 74; 161-168,
Fig. 77-83; 180, Fig. 92; 194-196, Fig. 102-104; 217, Fig. 109;
256 ff., Fig. IX.2; 290; 292, Fig. 147a; 323; 323 14 ; 352 ff., Fig.
XVII; Gambaschidze, Hauptmann, Slotta, Yalçin 2001, 14, 15,
70, 75, 96, 104, 106, 110, 146, 151, 159, 168-181, 187, 226,
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